532 cxxii. EUPHORBiACE^ (drown). [Ei'pJiorhia. 



subterminal, on a peduncle 1 J-3 in. long, 5-rayed ; rays |-J in. long. 

 Bracts sessile ^ in. long, ^ in. broad, transverse, obtuse, apiculate, with 

 overlapping margins, forming a broad funnel-shaped cup. Involucres 

 subsessile, about 2 lin. in diam., cup-shaped, glabrous, with T) glands and 

 5 subquadrate ciliate lobes; glands about 1 lin. in their greater diam., 

 transverse, reniform, 2-lipped, entire. Ovary exserted, globose, smooth 

 or slightly tuberculate, glabrous; styles | lin. long, shortly united at 

 the base, deeply bifid with widely diverging segments at the apex. 

 Xile Ziand. British East Africa : Ukaniba; Laiiiuru, Scheffler, 268! 



6:^>. E. ampla, Hook. f. in Joarn. Linn. Soc. vi. 20. "Herbaceous 

 plant 4 ft. high " (Mann). Stems probably arising from a perennial 

 root, but " annual 2-o ft. high " {Kalbreyer), 1-4 lin. thick, woody, 

 simple or branching at the top, glabrous, brown, leafy above, naked 

 below. Leaves alternate, with a whorl of 4-10 at the base of the umbel, 

 spreading, 1 .^-4 in. long, J-2 in. or more broad, lanceolate, acute, taper- 

 ing from about* the middle into a short petiole or acutely subsessile base, 

 glabrous on both sides, perhaps gl.-iucous beneath. Stipules none. 

 Umbel 4-10-rayed and often with similar rays or with branches bearing 

 umbels arising from the axils of the leaves below the umbel ; rays 2-12 

 in. long, 2-4 times forked, glabrous. Bracts sessile, opposite, ;^-l£ in. 

 long, \-\ in. broad, ovate or triangular-ovate, acute, rounded, subtrun- 

 cate or almost subcordate at the base, glabrous. Involucre solitary at 

 the forks of the rays and terminal, about 1 lin. in diam., obconic-cup- 

 shaped, with 4 glands and 5 subquadrate or rectangular shortly bitid or 

 denticulate lobes with or without cilia, glabrous ; glands "^-h lin. in 

 their greater and J lin. in their lesser diam., transversely oblong or 

 somewhat crescent-.shaped, or 2-lol)ed with 2 horns |-|- lin. long. 

 Capsule lJ-2 lin. in diam., smooth, glabrous; styles shortly united at 

 the base, about J lin. long, bifid, with recurving arms. Seeds 1 lin. 

 long, oblong-ellipsoid, with a small caruncle, smooth, probably dark 

 brown or grey when ripe. — Boiss. in DC Prod r. xv. ii. 12f)8; Engl. 

 Hochgebirgsfi. Trop. Afr. 2SS. A', ainpla, var. tenuior, Hook. f. in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 21;"); Engl. I.e. '2X^. E. Preussli, Pax in Engl. 

 Jahrb. xix. 12P*. E. Lehmhochii, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. 27. 



Upper Guinea. Camcrooiis : Cameroon Mountain, 7000-8000 it., Mann, 

 1265! 2006! Kal frret/er, 117 \ Mildhraerf, 342S I Huea, Lekmhac//,14\ between Huca 

 and Mann's Fountain, 8i00 ft., Preusx, 636! Manen^i^uba Mountain, Thornhecke, 

 10! 29! Kansso Mountain, Ledermann, 2017! Fernando Po : Clarence Peak, 

 9>o00 it., Mann, 614! 



Vei-y (litHcult to distint^uish from the large forms of E. scUimperiana, Sclieele, 

 cxce])t by tlie larger glands, in wliicb tlie lesser diameter is proportionately much 

 broader than in tlio.se of E. schimperiana. Small e.\amples from Cameroon Moun- 

 tain constitute the var. tenuior, Hk. f. 



(*)4. E. longepetiolata, Pax ct- K. Iloffm. in Emjl. Jahrli. xlv. 

 24L Annual, 2-2| ft. high, erect, leafy and puberulous or sub- 

 tomentose on tiie upper parts, naked and glabrous below. Leaves 

 ^}i-ol in. long, -J-| in. broad, thinly^ membranous, lanceolate, acute, 



